Board Proceedings
November 30, 2009
President Proctor called the Holmen Village Board meeting to
order at
Public Hearing
At 7:01 PM President Proctor called to order the public
hearing on the proposed 2010
A question regarding Public Fire Protection charges was asked by Village resident Tim Krueger, 709 Capitol Court. Previous Administrator/Clerk Schmit explained several reasons why the board decided to charge the fee as a utility rather than place it under the levy as a tax.
A concern regarding the 2.82% increase to the levy for 2009 was posed by Village resident Janyce Vuillemot, 315 Grant St. Previous Administrator/Clerk Schmit explained that the state approved levy cap was used for the 2010 increase of the budget and that the mill rate would not increase by the same 2.82%.
Previous Administrator/Clerk Schmit informed the Board that the requested changes from the October 29, 2009 meeting had been made in the final proposed 2010 budget.
Trustee Anderson extended his thanks to Schmit for preparing the 2010 budget for the Village as a contract employee.
The Public Hearing was closed at 7:10 PM.
Motion by Olson, seconded by Seitz to approve the 2010 General Fund budget in the amount of $3,813,848, the 2010 Debt Service budget in the amount of $243,341, the 2010 Storm Water Management Utility budget in the amount of $259,150, the 2010 Water Utility budget in the amount of $845,500 and the 2010 Sewer Utility budget in the amount of $775,500. Carried unanimously.
Motion by Seitz, seconded by Anderson to approve the 2009 tax levy in the amount of $1,693,370 after the State applied computer aid. Carried unanimously.
Motion by Olson, seconded by Seitz to approve the 2010 sewer rates of $12.51/REC/Quarter and $3.52 per thousand gallons of sewage, the refuse rate of $35.50/Quarter, and the storm water management utility rates of $0.00/ERU/Quarter Base Charge (BC) and $10.75/ERU/Quarter Equivalent Runoff Unit Charge. Carried unanimously.
Jim Geissner from People First HR Solutions presented the Board with information on the four candidates for the December 5, 2009 closed session interviews. Geissner informed the Board that one of the candidates had voluntarily dropped out of the running. He provided the Board with writing samples and resume information for the following candidates: Travis Parish, Bill Petracek, Mary Willett and Joe Rudberg. The media was provided a list of the candidates for release to the public.
Motion by Szak, seconded by Forde to approve the correction of Annexation Petition of Elmwood Partners parcel 8-68-0 from the Town of Holland. This parcel had been approved for annexation in the July 9, 2009 board meeting; this was simply to correct a discrepancy on the legal description. Carried unanimously.
Trustee Olson requested that all board members, rather than just Finance and Personnel Committee begin to receive monthly budget reports.
The Board members all expressed their gratitude to Schmit for her work on the 2010 budget.
President Proctor informed the Board that community members had been asked to
join in the December 5, 2009 interviews for the new Administrator/Clerk
position and that no one had expressed interest. Trustee Seitz expressed his enthusiasm for
the upcoming interviews on December 5, 2009 and others agreed.
Motion by Seitz, seconded by Szak to adjourn at 7:46 PM. Carried unanimously.
Angela A. Hornberg
Village Deputy Clerk